Federal jurisdiction · FCFCOA

Family law client intake

Tell us about your family law matter. Anything you write is confidential and protected by legal professional privilege. Where you see a gold question mark beside an abbreviation, tap it for a plain-English explanation.

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About you

Full legal name

Other names used

Date of birth

Phone (safe)

Email (safe)

Residential address leave blank if suppressed for safety

Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander?

Interpreter needed (language)

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The other party

Their full legal name

Their date of birth (if known)

Their address (if known)

Their lawyer (if represented)

Your relationship to them

Relationship started

Started cohabiting

Date of separation

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Children

Add a row for each child of the relationship or any other child this matter affects.

Child 1

Name

Date of birth

Currently lives with

Current parenting arrangements (optional)

Arrangements you want going forward (optional)

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Existing orders and proceedings

Current parenting order or PPP?

Current ADVO / FVO / DVO?

DCJ (NSW) or CYPS (ACT) involved?

ICL appointed?

Briefly summarise the orders / arrangements (optional)

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Risk and safety

The court must consider the risk to children and to you. Please be candid · these answers stay confidential.

Are any of the following present? (tick all that apply)

Family violence (physical, threats, coercive control, financial abuse, isolation) Child protection concerns Alcohol or drug use by either party Mental health issues affecting parenting Risk of relocation or international travel with the children Firearms in the household None of the above

Briefly describe any of those concerns (optional)

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Property and finances

Do you want a property settlement?

Main assets, liabilities, contributions (optional but speeds settlement)

Main assets (approx. values)

Liabilities

Contributions during the relationship

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Funding

How is the matter funded?

Best way to contact you

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Authority to act

Anything else I should know? (optional)

I authorise Good Legal Lawyers to use this information to act on my matter, file documents, and communicate with the court, the other party's lawyer, the ICL, and any third parties as required.

Sign by typing your full legal name

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